Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1, sentence 134
As he lay on the ground he saw the scabs and said, “These Indians will call this wa·′kwαní [16] and when they go hungry they can make soup for themselves, these Ojibwa, forever.”
Who acts: ′, Indians · What happens: lie, see, say, call, go, make · To what, where: ground, scabs, wa, soup · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Myths and Folk-lore of the Timagami Ojibwa., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (′, Indians), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 lay | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lay | nsubj |
| 3 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 saw | advcl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ground | det |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lay | obl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 scabs | det |
| 10 | scabs | scab | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 saw | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 said | cc |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 saw | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 call | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 call | punct |
| 15 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 16 Indians | det |
| 16 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 18 call | nsubj |
| 17 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 call | aux |
| 18 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 wa | det |
| 20 | wa | wa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 call | obj |
| 21 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | 23 kwαní | punct |
| 22 | ′ | ′ | X | Foreign=Yes | 23 kwαní | flat:foreign |
| 23 | kwαní | kwαní | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 18 call | conj |
| 24 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 25 16 | punct |
| 25 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 kwαní | appos |
| 26 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 25 16 | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 go | cc |
| 28 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 go | advmod |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 go | nsubj |
| 30 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 call | conj |
| 31 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 go | xcomp |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 make | nsubj |
| 33 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 make | aux |
| 34 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 go | parataxis |
| 35 | soup | soup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 make | obj |
| 36 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 themselves | case |
| 37 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 34 make | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Ojibwa | punct |
| 39 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 40 Ojibwa | det |
| 40 | Ojibwa | Ojibwa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 call | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 forever | punct |
| 42 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 18 call | advmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 call | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 call | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | ′ | the ground | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location | ||||
| 2 | see | past | ′ | the scabs | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scab=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | ′ not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | call in a quote | future | this Indians | this wa | this Ojibwa obl; ′ kwαní conj; forever property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wa=Recipient | |||
| 5 | go in a quote | present | Indians = indian | hungry property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | make in a quote | can | Indians = indian | soup | for Scabs = scab | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent soup=Material for themselves=Beneficiary |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Myths and Folk-lore of the Timiskaming Algonquin and Timagami Ojibwa» by Frank G. Speck, Project Gutenberg book 66509 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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